039 - Rahim Taghizadegan: Bitcoin Citadels, Geopolitics & CBDCs

<p>Timothy Allen talks with Rahim Taghizadegan.</p> <p>Today on the pod I have for you a very interesting conversation I had at <a href="https://www.btcprague.com/">BTC Prague</a> with the Free Cities Foundation’s chief economist Rahim Taghizadegan.</p> <p>Rahim is an Austrian economist who is actually from Austria, which was a first for me, but he is also a physicist (specialization in nuclear physics and complex systems), philosopher, investor and entrepreneur who has written more than a dozen books.</p> <p>In this conversation we begin by investigating the historical significance of citadels and in particular their modern day incarnation as the Bitcoin citadel meme. </p> <p>From here we take a tour through many topics such as government inefficiencies, military technology, geopolitics, CBDCs and the collapse of the fiat system.</p> <p>All in all, I think that the whole discussion could be summed up quite nicely with Rahim’s statement ‘How not to live in a dystopian world'.</p> <p>Enjoy the conversation.</p> <p>TIMESTAMPS</p> <ul> <li>(0:30) Introduction to this episode.</li> <li>(3:23) The meme of the bitcoin citadel.</li> <li>(10:09) The difference between a citadel and a city state.</li> <li>(17:24) The origin of the bitcoin citadel meme.</li> <li>(25:30) Is the Bitcoin citadel meme a progression from historical citadels.</li> <li>(29:29) How would a decentralized city order arise within mega states?</li> <li>(31:38) What does the geopolitical landscape look like in 2023?</li> <li>(39:00) What is your prediction of the future of Europe.</li> <li>(41:29) How will the state fail.</li> <li>(46:11) What is the biggest threat to the state?</li> <li>(50:31) Why is there never enough public money available from the state?</li> <li>(1:01:04) UBI is a stupid idea.</li> <li>(1:04:45) Examples of government projects that have not worked.</li> <li>(1:07:16) CBDCs will never work.</li> <li>(1:16:42) The future of politics and politics becoming irrelevant.</li> <li>(1:21:09) Governments mining bitcoin and buying gold.</li> <li>(1:27:07) Cinese hash rate and banning bitcoin.</li> </ul> <p>LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE</p> <p>Prague, 14-15 October, 2023</p> <p><a href="https://libertyinourlifetime.org/">⁠⁠https://libertyinourlifetime.org/⁠⁠</a></p> <p>TWITTER:</p> <p>Rahim Taghizadegan: ⁠⁠<a href="https://twitter.com/scholarium_at">https://twitter.com/scholarium_at</a></p> <p>Timothy Allen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0">⁠https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Free Cities Foundation: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>OTHER LINKS:</p> <p>Bitcoin Citadel Origin Post: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/">https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/</a></p> <p>Free Cities Foundation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://free-cities.org/%E2%81%A0">⁠https://free-cities.org/⁠</a></p>